Wonder when the summer movies are? The Summer 2017 Movie List

Ready, set, action movies! Summer movie season kicks off in May with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and continues with laborious sequels (and a few enticing diversions) until Labor Day. Plan your summer outings now with this quick guide to what's coming each weekend of summer:

May 5 

The blockbuster sequel: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, The boxing movie: Chuck (Limited), Liv Schreiber, Naomi Watts 
The family movie: 3 Generations (Limited), Naomi Watts, Susan Sarandon

 The family issues movie: The Dinner (Limited), Richard Gere, Steve Coogan, Laura Linney

May 12 

The Lord of all things epic movie: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Director Guy Richie, Charlie Hunnan 
The 80’s comedy: Snatched, Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn
 The boomer pic: Paris Can Wait (Limited), Diane Lane, Alec Baldwin

May 19 

The sequel we didn't ask for: Alien: Covenant
The older kidflick: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
The teen weepie: Everything, Everything

May 26 

The Arrrr–rated sequel: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales 

The TV-rehash comedy: Baywatch, The Rock  (May 25)

 
June 2 

The superhero wonder: Wonder Woman

The kidflick: Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
The dramedy: Dean (Limited), Demetri Martin, Kevin Kline

June 9 

The Tom Cruise film: The Mummy
The Trump-era film: Beatriz at Dinner (Limited), John Lithgow
The Brit Lit film: My Cousin Rachel (Limited), Rachel Weisz

June 16
The rap bioflick: All Eyez on Me
The Pixar film: Cars 3
The future shark week film: 47 Meters Down, Mandy Moore, Matthew Modine The Chick Flick event night pic: Rough Night, Scar-Jo, Kate McKinnon
The indie A-list film: Maudie (Limited), Ethan Hawke, Sally Hawkins

June 23 

The toy franchise film: Transformers: The Last Knight
The Mad Max in Tex film: The Bad Batch (Limited), Keanu Reeves, Jim Carrey, Suki Waterhouse
The Coppola Civil War pic (Sofia): The Beguiled (Limited), Colin Farrell
The Pakistani comedy: The Big Sick (Limited), Kumail Nanjinani, Zoe Kazan, Ray Romano, Holly Hunter

The curveball action flick: Baby Driver, Ansel Elgort, Jamie Foxx, Kevin Spacey, June 28 (Wednesday)

June 30 

The big yellow sequel: Despicable Me 3

The rehash: Amityville: The Awakening
The SNL Film: House, Will Ferrel, Amy Poehler

July 7 

The relaunch: Spider-Man: Homecoming

July 14 

The one with those apes: War for the Planet of the Apes, Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson
The Brit Lit Chick Flick: Lady Macbeth (Limited), Florence Pugh

The thriller: City of Ghosts (Limited), Matt Dillion, Gerard Depardieu

July 21 

The WWII film: Dunkirk: Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh…and Harry Styles
The Girls Night Out flick: Girls Trip: Queen Latifah, Reginal Hall

July 28 

The sci-fi spy pick: Atomic Blonde, Charlize Theron, James McAvoy
The kid, hopeful- franchise film: The Emoji Movie, voices of T.J. Miller, James Corden, LLana Glazer, Steven Wright, Patrick Stewart
The pop doc: An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, Al Gore

August 4 

The gunslinger movie: The Dark Tower, Iris Elba, Matthew Mcconaughey
The civil riot film: Detroit, John Boyega
The youth novel film: Midnight Sun, Bella Thorne, Patrick Schwarzeneger
The early contender for a Raspberry award: Ingrid Goes West (Limited), Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen
The Jeremy Renner FBI film of the month: Wind River (Limited), Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen

August 11 

Oh, the horror: Annabelle: Creation
The drama: The Only Living Boy in New York (Limited), Kate Beckinsale, Jeff Bridges

August 18 

The Ryan Reynolds, Samuel Jackson non-super hero film: The Hitman's Bodyguard
The end-of-summer kid’s movie: The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature

August 25 

The thriller, Polaroid
The re-release: Terminator 2 in 3D
Boomer’s night out: Villa Capri, Morgan Freeman, Tommy Lee Jones, Rene Russo
17^th Century alternative: Tulip Fever (Limited), Alicia Vikander, Judi Dench

September 1 

The war film: Renegades, J.K. SImmons

The animated musical: Leap!, Elle Fanning, Carly Rae Jepsen, Mel Brooks, August 30 (Wednesday)

September 8 

The comedy: Home Again, Reese Witherspoon, Michael Sheen
The Stephen King thriller: It, Bill Skarsgard

The ten buck review: TBD. At least one of these will be worth ten bucks.

Mr. Roosevelt

A mess visits Texas.

Emily (Noel Wells), a struggling actress who moved to La La Land to pursue a career in comedy, returns to her college town when a loved one falls sick. That’s the premise for Mr. Roosevelt, a comedy set in Austin, Texas.

After a few minutes of watching this lighthearted comedy, I realized that not only is this film set in Austin, but also every vibe, visual and detail is so Austin-y Austin that it could have been set at a food truck serving tacos. The next scene I saw? It was at a food truck serving tacos.  
Wells (Master of None) is both actor and director for Mr. Roosevelt, and she’s a standout for comedy timing with both roles. She plays a character that is an equal blend of Sarah Jessica Parker in Sex & The City, Lena Dunham in Girls and Kristen Wiig in Bridesmaids so there’s a lot of familiar stuff here, but the comedy is ripe and the Austin vibe has a distinct personality.

Before this film goes wide, the producers would be wise to cut an opening scene with unfortunate similarity to an Oscar-nominated musical released earlier this year. The comparisons are unfavorable and it's a bumpy start. 

The film definitely finds its groove soon after. Like Jon Favreau's Chef (2014), Mr. Roosevelt is a familiar tale set in colorful place that is pure joy to watch. (Yeh, they both have food trucks.)

Simply put: Grab a Shiner and a taco and get ready to watch this girl and her mess visit Texas.

Award potential: Not a contender for awards season, but should please most audiences on the festival circuit and in theaters.
 
The Ten Buck Review: Worth ten bucks.